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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-31
NATIONAL NEWS.
Some Interesting Gossip from WASH
ington.

WASHINGTON, March An the case
OF the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha rail.
way company, the secretary of the inter
Tor has declined 10 concur In the recon-
mendation OF the commissioner Of the
general land Office that the company be
enjoined from cutting and disposing OF
timber unapproved selected lands In tho
State OF Wisconsin, within its indemnity
limits, which selections have not been ap.
proved because OF non-completion Of the
road within the time limited by the grant
ing act, though fully completed since that
time. The secretary holds that the road
having been completed, and congress
having failed to declare forfeiture Of the
grant, the company is entitled to its full
height and the secretary directs the com.
missioner to forthwith adjust said grant,
TO transmit for approval proper lists of
lands selected and subject to selection by
the company within the indemnity limits
Of the grant.
In consequence OF the recent report
that the Tongue River Indians In Mon.
tana are starving, Agent Upshaw sent
dispatch to Commissioner Atkins TO the
effect that no Indians under that agency
have starved to death.
Secretary Manninp's successor will moi be
appointed before Ipril lat
A bond cali for $40 600 600 was issucd
Yesterday. Tho bonds included in this
call are "a follows. 40 ORIGINAL No ~
10 or both inclusive. siO0 or;yinaI No
Ib7 IN All hotb ircIrsive. a5oc or;oin.l
No. IS 20 148, both inclusive. All 600
original No 787 IN / oo1 botb ;nclus;ve
and original No. 81 m 10 original No
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-31
FOR DEFENSE OF THE FRONTIER.

Washington special: A paper entitled
Mobilization and Concentration OF the
Canadian Militia for Defense OF the From
tier" printed in the current issue OF tho
Journal OF the military service institution,
has caused no little comment in both mill
tary and civilian circles. The writer from
a Canadian point OF view, in fixing the num-
Der OF nen at the smallest possible limit for
the defense OF line extending from Quebec
to Detroit, bases his calculation on force
OF $50, 900 men, This force Is divided as
follows: $4,000 at Montreal; 10000 at
Quebec; 10000 at Kingston, and 90, OOOat
Toronto and on the Western peninsula.
The remaining are 80, 900 to BIO used as q
movable column along the north bank OF
the st. Lawrence. Thearticle also contains
a military map showing the military dis.
tricts, works and disposition OF thc'ayaila.
BILE force to the greatest advantage. The
paper will be continued In the next Issue OF
the Military Journal.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-31
A DOLEFUL DOCTOR.
His Advice About tie Health OF Presi-
dent Cleveland.

Washington, March 3d. -- DR.. Seth
Sewers, Of this city, in an interview with
Critic reporter, sounds a warning and
urges President Cleveland TO change his
mode of living. DIR, Sewers statement
TO the reporter runs on in this manner
about the President: II may be deemed
through a newspaper man, but know OF
no other way of reaching him and those
about him so surely. You recall my
attempts with the friends Of Mr.. Man
ming and don't feel that | should take
the same chances in this matter. / am
personally apprised Of the Presidents
condition, and while IL is In no sense
dangerous il will not be long before there
will be every reason for alarm. Prcsi-
ident Cleveland is large, fleshy man,
and since his advent TO the White house
has gained enormously in flesh. Now,
when he lived in Buffalo, II was his habit
to take long walks. Since he came here,
however, he has abandoned every form
OF exercise, save carriage riding, that Is
of little or no use, with the springs now
used and the smooth streets for which
Washington is famous The President
is a man who works with his head great
deal. He is, In fact, an intense brain
worker He is, in other words, q plodder,
and his brain is consequently filled with
an excess Of blood. What Is the result2
He works with his head, eats enormous.
ly and fails to exercise his muscles. His
blood vessels are weakened and 1t is only
question of time before, in a moment
Of excitement, he bursts blood vessel.
tell you, at the rate President Cleve-
land is now living, there is great danger
that he will not live throughout his term.
Something should be done to bring him
to realize his danger and take proper
steps TO prevent the result which will
surely ensue il he does not take the prop
er exercise. What | recommend" DR.,
Sewers says, would be the fixing up Of
room in the White house, and the set
ting apart of half hour every day for
gymnastic exercises. That alone, in my
opinion, will prevent catastrophe, the
avoidance of which, not alone the Presi-
dent, but the country at large, is inter.
estcd in securing"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-31
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE


Minneapolis St. ana
respectful
CABLE, E. ST John, E. A. H0lBR0OR,
Pt& 6s Chicago Asst Gsn1 EgG Chicago G I &Ps'S A Cheag"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-31
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE


valuable Its practical operation
CARS 1iNdNG SARS
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-31

monument TO soldiers who fell In the war
for the union is about to be placed in the
public square at Burlington. Wisconsin The
county appropriated $1,000, II. s. Magoon gave
$1,000, and the people win contribute $4,000
more,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-31

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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-31
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND g. PACIFIC R'Y

Northwest TIE
The Beck Id hnS Masda
Guthrie
S IN Paul. eR
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
POnape.

Later reports from Rev. F. E. Rand,
one of the missionaries on Ponape,
confirms the account of the killing of
the Spaniards by the natives, but give
the reasons therefor. 1t seems that
the Spanish governor had so conduct
ed himself as to excite the fear and
suspicion of the natives. He would
call the chiefs to him at any time, and
demand of them anything he might de-
sire, threatening them with various
and dire punishment if they refused
He sent for two of them at one time
and they refused to go to him, because
the report had reached them that they
were to have their mouths sewed up,
and be hung. The governor sent a
squad of twenty soldiers to get them,
and as they still refused the soldiers
fired on them killing and wOunding
several. The natives retaliated and
the result was the death of the COVER
nor, secretary, doctor and more than
forty soldiers. 1t would seem there
fore that instead of a massacre by the
natives it was in self-defense that the
natives arose to crush a foreign power
which had made itself obnoxious and
sought to enslave the native pOpula-
ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
McINDOES FALLS.

Mrs. S. S. Hunt is still confined to
the house.
The new steam feed works at the
mill are decided success.
Mrs. DR.. Clark is spending the week
with her parents at Lyme, N. H.
Barreled apples are selling at $3.50
at the car. The Wise man sold about
carload here in one day.
Oscar Frazier of Monroe has the job
filling the railroad wood sheds at this
place. He began work Tuesday.
BIS. Smonds, who has been so low
from blood poisoning for so long, is
able to go about the house and sit up
all day.
Charles Manchester goes into the
wool business soon. What with wool
business and Goldfnder colts Charles
is full of business.
We propose that the upper end of
Main street be called Bishop avenue in
commemoration of three pretty, new
houses now in course of construction
by o. Bishop.
Mrs. Martha Kimball, who came
home from Prof. Locks at Bradford
about ten days since suffering from
spinal irritation, is now also great
sufferer from supervening tOnsilitis,
which almost seem to be epidemic here.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
LYNDON CENTRE.

The union temperance meeting held
at the church last Sunday evening call
ed out full house and was very in
teresting. The next meeting will be
held at the Vile, Dec. Is, probably at
Music hall as it is thought that no
church will be large enough to hold
those who wish to attend. Our people
are getting aroused on the subject of
temperance.
Fred Harris, son of Amasa o. Harris,
who has been visiting his parents and
friends here for few weeks, expects
to return to Florida soon. Some three
years ago Mr.. Harris removed to Flor
ida on account of poor health and he
has nOwpretty nearly recovered his ear
ly vigOr. He lives at Winter Haven
on the South Florida railroad, above
SandfOrd.
The Junior prize declarations at
the Institute brought out a good audi
ence Monday evening. Parts were TAX
en- by Edward Fisher, Fred Hall, Ma
son Cahse, George Paine, Benjami
Wheeler, Charles Jameson, Minnie
Graves and Myra Bean. The exer-
cises were interspersed with music and
were of more than ordinary interest.
The first prize was taken by Fred Hall
of Barton Landing and the second by
Minnie Graves of Lyndon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24

President E. H. Rollins of the Bos-
ton, Concord & Montreal railroad, en-
tered upon and undertook to take pos
session of that line in Concord, Friday.
and demanded it's surrender to stock
holders, claiming that the lease to the
Lowell road had been broken by sub
letting the road to the Boston 81 Maine.
There were present counsel for both
sides, and Superintendent w. A. Stow
ell of the White Mountain division OF
the Boston & Lowell road. The lat
ter refused to comply with Rollins de-
mand, and ordered him to leave the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
The Obvious Lesson.
Brattleboro Ph0eniz, Nov. IL

The letter from GA Straight Repub.
lican" in New York, which appears in
another column, sets forth in sharp
outline the obvious lesson of Tuesday
election in the Empire state, so far as
it relates to next years national CAM
paign. To us it seems to emphasize
strongly the correctness of the position
taken by The Phoenix some weeks ago,
when we pointed out the folly of act
ing on the idea so sedulously cultivated
in many quarters, that Mr.. Blaine is
the only man that can be nominated
next year, and when we said that the
true policy of the republican party is
to put candidates who mean reform on
a platform which says reform without
any qualification. The feeling in New
York Today is that Mr.. Blaine cannot
carry the state next year. We have
always had strong confidence that the
republican party, when it confrOnts
the issue of the times six months hence,
will act, not in blind adherence to any
narrow, one-man idea, but broadly,
inclusively, and with an eye single to
what the party and of the country de-
mands. The result of Tuesdays cleo
tions should, and we believe will,
double the assurance that this will be
done.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
NORTH DANVILLE.

Mrs. R. Kelley is sick with erysipe-
las in the face.
B. G.. Varnum is at Highgate work
ing on the railroad.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union meet at theparsonagen next week
Tuesday.
Harry Wakefield is moving goods
into the Chase house and will keep a
grocery there.
The next Ladies' sOciable will be
held with Mrs. r. w. WinslOw one
week from next Wednesday afternoon
and evening, Nov. 80. All are cordial
ly invited.
Toward the close of his three years
of pastoral work here, Rev. Mr.. At
wood and wife had more hands come
down on them with pounds, last Tues
day evening than ever before while
among us. A perfect surprise it was,
too. But the pastor takes such pound
ing with good grace, even with thanks
giving.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
Magazines.

The annual announcement of the
Century magazine will be found in
another column. A magazine that be-
gins its thirty-fift volume with reg
ular circulation of $50, 900 hardly needs
an introduction to the reading public.
The life of Lincoln that has been run
ming in this magazine for some months
is about entering the more interesting
part of his life included in the story of
the war. Other papers of special mer-
it and interest will appear during the
coming year, among them supplement
tary war papers and articles of absorb
ing interest ON Siberia by Mr.. KEENAN,
and the miscellaneous features will ex-
coed in interest those of past years if
that be possible.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24

premises, which he did. This action
is taken by mutual agreement to raise
legal questions involved in the contro-
versy. The counsel for the B. G. & M.
also notified those for the Boston &
Maine that a suit would be brought
against that corporation for possession
of the B. c. g. NJ, which they claim is
now being illegally operated by the
Maine.
The Boston and Maine people are
going straight ahead in their prepare
tions for control of the New Hamp-
shire roads as though the Hazen bill
were an acknowledged law.
A business contract between the
Boston and Maine and Northern rail-
roads for one year on the same basis
as the long lease which these roads
have been fighting for was ratified last
week. ~ r.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.

N. S. Boyce has been commissioned
postmaster at Guildhall.
The present editor of the anarchist
ed by the hanged anarchist, A. r. Par
sons, is Dyer D. Lum, formerly a
Montpelier bookbinder.
Gov. E. j. Ormsbee of Brandon, and
Judge Wheelock G. Veazey of Rutland,
were Monday admitted to practice be-
fore the United States supreme court.
Gov. Ormsbee and w. G.. Veazie
Saturday located at Gettysburg, Pa,
the. positions of the Vermont state
monument and the various markers
which that state will erect the coming
summer.
William E. Barrett of Melrose, Mass,
editor of the Boston Advertiser, has
celebrated his election as member of
the Legislature by sending 500 checks
to the grand army post and the public
library in Melrose.
O. l.. Slater for many years prOprie-
tor of the restaurant at the Union pas
senger depot, at Bellows Falls, has
sold out his business to Henry Aldrich
of Keene, N. H., and will go to Provi-
dence, r. l.
Within week three old men have
died in BradfOrd-Reuben M. Kent,
aged "a years; Edwin Fuller, 80, and
Joshua Gerry, 90. The latter was for
many years drover, in the days when
drOvers followed their cattle on foot to
market, and he travelled over the dis
lance between the Canada line and
Brighton MANY times
L. l.. Durant, a Washington county
lawyer, who has been confined in Or
leans county Jail on charge of per-
jury, has been released on $1,000 bail,
furnished by number of Montpelier
lawyers, the supreme court having de-
cided he was legally arrested and hav
ing fixed the amount of bail on which
his release was effected.
Grave apprehensions are felt as to
the health of DR.. Middleton Goldsmith
of Rutland, one of the oldest and most
widely known of VermOnt's practitiOn-
ers. He is confined to his bed, and
there are symptoms of an8mia, sup
posed from sewer gas. His age is SO
and the recent sudden death of his wife
was severe shock.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
The State Republican News Agency.

The Rutland Herald, referring to our
article on the newspaper agency re-
Gently established by the republican
state committee, says some very kind
things about the CaledOnian, which
we appreciate, and then comes to the
defence of the committee. The Herald
says that the committee have been in
the habit of making free distribution
of metropolitan papers in the state dur
ing presidential campaigns, and seek
"to avoid longer discrimination against
the Vermont press by giving away pa
pers." Some questions might be rails
ed as to the wisdom of investing cam
paign funds in outside papers, anyway,
either to give away or to peddle out at
clubbing rates; and also other ques
tions as to whether the state papers
cannot furnish sufficiently stalwart ed
itorial matter to keep the people
within sharp party lines, ETC., etc.
But the facts are that the newspapers
adopting the scheme are paying large
portion of the bill and not the state
committee, as one might infer. Some
of the republican editors in the state
have figured this out and have gone
into the scheme vigorously protesting
all the while. Their competing neigh
bors have accepted the terms; they
must do so or lose subscribers. We
repeat:
1t is very little short of black
mailing affair, pure and simple. Pub
fishers who feel that they can derive
no benefit from the scheme are driven
to accept it because of competition.
1t cOmpels the publisher to reduce
the price of his own paper nearly 20
per cent, thus contributing to the
campaign fund, for every subscriber
who takes advantage of the terms, a
sum out of all proportion to his ability
to pay.
1t is poor policy for a publisher to Of
fer inducements to subscribers one
year that he cannot duplicate another.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
VIII be DisastrOusly Defeated.
Ke1c York Timer

We did say after a somewhat careful
inspection of the returns that the can
didacy of Mr.. Blaine in 1888 must be
given up or all hope of republican
victory abandoned. But we were talk
ing then to impartial and reasoning
men, not to Blaine men. We quoted
on Saturday morning some opinions OF
the latter class which show that they
like our correspondent, think Mr..
Blaine's denomination necessity. We
are not inclined to discourage the
friends Of Mr.. Blaine in the movement
to put him in nomination again. They
are very numerous and they appear to
be dominant in the republican Organi-
cation. AS it is now perfectly evident
that Mr.. Cleveland will be the candi-
date of the democrats, we have no
doubt whatever that Mr.. Blame would
be most disastrOusly defeated. That
is probably the only way to ''settle
him" as Il presidential candidate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
Progress in Vermont.

The BrattleborO correspondent OF
the Springfield Republican devOtes
over a column of space to notes on the
building and growth in the cities and
towns of Vermont. The writer says
with truth that the prosperity and
growth, for the past two years, of the
larger towns within the state, show
Enthusiastically that Vermont through
its principal towns is just now in the
enjoyment of a moderate boom, a
boom unfortunately, that has not yet
struck the farmers in the outlying dis
tricts. Had all the other large towns
in the state been written up with the
personal knowledge that characterized
the item on BrattlebOrO, the report
would be much more valuable than it
is. However, Vermont is thankful for
any thing these days that gives to the
world evidence of its life and growth,
and that such evidence is not wanting
is evident to any one who will take the
trouble to look up the facts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
THANKSGIVING.

1t is well that these Thanksgiving
seasons come as often as once year.
1t does us all good to talk about
thanksgiving if nothing more. The
pronouncing of the word tends to lead
us into a thankful mood, and God help
the man or woman who cannot find
something for which to be thankful.
The SORROWS and the disappointments
and struggles that have constituted in
greater or less degree the life of the
year that is passed may well be put
aside for the day, and special effOr t
made to enumerate the joys and the
pleasures and the bright things that
have also figured more or less promi-
nently in the years story. And what
a multitude of bright spots there are.
To be sure the winter of '86-'S7 was
unpiecedentedly cold, but the summer
which followed was also remarkably
warm, and the two seasons averaged
finely; there was rather more snow
than was needed last winter, but who
ever knew the grass to be 80 green or
the country so beautiful when the snow
was gone the potato crop was some
thing of failure, to be sure, but what
a mighty hay crop was gathered into
the barns of Vermont farmers last
years sugar season was short one,
but the yield was great and good and
sweet; ST. Johnsbury didn't get the
shirt factory, but the scale shops were
never buster and the people can buy
shirts a good deal cheaper than they
can build factory and make them ;
the season is getting to be little dry
but likely as not it will rain all
Thanksgiving day, and that will go
quite a ways toward filling up the
streams. If you are not feeling par
ticularly thankful as the grand old fes-
tival comes round again sit down with
pencil and paper and figure yourself
into a thankful mood, for rest assured
the King has not forgotten single one
of His subjects. Remember, too, that
the man who has been receiving bless
ings all the year and doesn't know it is
about as much to be pitied as the man
who received no blessings at all, if
such a man exists.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
Stanley's Mission.

News from the Congo says that Tip
poo lib failed to keep his promise to
reinforce the explorer Stanley at Yam
buya. Whether his failure was due to
treachery or to the opposition of neigh
boring tribes is not known. These re-
ports have given rise to a good deal of
anxiety at Washington. where it is
feared that Stanley has put too much
confidence in the Arab chief, TippOo
lib, with whom he had an arrange
ment by which he (Stanley) was to be
furnished with all the native force that
was necessary to- make his expedition
to Emin Bey successful. The feeling
increases that upon the success of the
present expedition of Stanley will de-
pend, in great measure, a renewed at
tempt to develop the enterprises in the
free states of the Congo, which the
king of the Belgians, in his personal
capacity, has expended SO much to
establish and is compelled to pay an
nually to maintain. <
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
THE TOWNS AROUND.
EAST BURKE.

Harris Smith is still in a critical con-
dition.
Horace Gage has gone to Moccasin
Mills, Victory, to work.
Burke Mt. lodge have an open lodge
next Friday evening.
Thanksgiving services next Sabbath
morning at the Congregational church.
Napoleon Harvey has closed his
house. The two boys are boarding at
Horace Cages.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jenkins and
daughter Olive have gone to Boston
sightseeing.
The friends of o. d. Young and fam
lily are contributing to get him cow
to replace the one he lost recently.
The village school will commence
the first week in December instead of
the last one in November as stated
last week. f.f...
Mrs. VIM. Belden and Annie are
cOnvalescent, and Mr.. Belden is having
a mild attack of diphtheria. No other
cases at present.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
PEACHAM.

Thanksgiving day services will be
held at the M. E. church this year.
Bert Livingstone cut his foot quite
badly with an axe last Saturday.
Letters received from Miss Martha
Clark, written on the eve of taking the
steamer from San Francisco, report all
we'll.
Cards are received announcing the
marriage of Rev H. M. Andrews to
Miss Sarah C.. S. Hutchinson. The
happy pair will arrive in Peacham
about Dec. /.
On Sunday morning the remains of
George Mears, second son of Geo. d.
Mears, formerly of Peacham, now of
Boston, were brought here for inter-
ment. He died after only very few
days illness from malignant scarlatina.